Mass burial for fish

Mass burial for fish

PURWAKARTA, West Java: The Jatiluhur Reservoir Management Agency, with the help of local farmers, have managed to remove about 900 tons of dead ikan mas (carp) which have been floating on the dam leaving a powerful stench for the past week.

The dead fish were buried on the shore.

This still left about 600 tons in the reservoir, although some of them have apparently found their way into adjoining streams, according to an official of the reservoir agency.

The reservoir is one of the main sources of clean water for the state drinking water agencies in West Java.

Officials said rapid changes in temperature caused the death of the ikan mas, which is bred by farmers on the fringes of the reservoir.

The reservoir agency appealed to farmers to allow some time to pass before starting to breed the fish in the water again. (emb)